Afsahi Afsoun
Department of Political Science, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Polit Stud (Oxf). 2022 Aug;70(3):701-718. doi: 10.1177/0032321720981491. Epub 2021 Jan 20.
How do successful deliberations unfold? What happens when they unravel? In this article, I propose that we think of the dynamics of participant engagement within deliberation as series of self-interested and reciprocal investments in and divestments from . This article has three parts. First, I draw on the literatures on deliberative democracy and social capital to outline a theory of deliberative capital. I highlight the important role self-interest plays in the process of those initial investments - instances of engagement in positive deliberative behaviours. Second, drawing from my experience as a facilitator, I give an account of the particular indicators of investments and divestments that we might expect to see in a given deliberative engagement. Third, I briefly outline two innovative facilitation techniques that can be utilized at the beginning or during a deliberative process that trigger self-interest, which incentivizes investments and discourages divestments.
成功的审议是如何展开的？当它们瓦解时会发生什么？在本文中，我提议我们将审议过程中参与者参与的动态视为一系列出于自身利益的相互投入和撤出。本文分为三个部分。首先，我借鉴审议民主和社会资本的文献，概述一种审议资本理论。我强调自身利益在那些初始投入过程中所起的重要作用——即参与积极审议行为的实例。其次，从我作为主持人的经验出发，我阐述了在特定审议活动中我们可能预期会看到的投入和撤出的具体指标。第三，我简要概述两种可在审议过程开始时或期间使用的创新主持技巧，这些技巧能激发自身利益，从而激励投入并抑制撤出。
